Hose-supporter.



Patentd on. 29', I901.

B. F. UREWILER. v HOSE SUPPURTER.

(Application filed Dec. 13, 1900.

(No Model.)

:w l I m Fil UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. OREWILER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,293, dated October 29, 1901. Application filed December 13, 1900. Serial No- 39,666. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, BENJAMIN F. ORE- WILER,a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Hose-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to a novel hose-supporter, but has more'particular reference to the attaching device by means of which the supporter is suspended from an u ndergarment.

Heretofore hose-supporters consisting of a plurality of suspension tapes orelastics have beenprovided with an attaching or suspending device common to such tapes or elastics and designed for attachment to the stud of a corset-clasp located adjacent to the lower end of the corset. Supporters of this character being specially designed with reference to their attachment to a corset-fastening are not available for the use of children and are objectionable, because their detachment necessitates the unclasping of the corset. In some instances the tension of the supporter has an actual'tendency to accidentally release the corset-clasp from the stud, and the downward pull upon the tapes or elastics not being exerted in direct lines from the point of attachment the attaching device or hanger has a tendency to swing from side to side as the wearer Walks, which is another objection to supporters of the character defined.

Having these several facts inmind, my object is to produce a hose-supporter comprising a plurality of suspending tapes or elastics having a common hanger or attaching device equipped with means for engaging the corset-clasp and with other means for effecting the attachment of the hanger to a Waist or other undergarment in order to permit the use of the device by children or by persons who do not wear corsets. v

A further object of the invention is to arrange the hanger or connecting device for guidance by the corset-stud so that the former when suspended from the clasp will be retained against the objectionable swinging movement referred to and will absolutely prevent the accidental unolasping of the corset, while being capable of easy detachment from the clasp when desired.

Further objects of the invention are to dispose the suspension tapes or elastics in a novel manner with respect to the hanger, so that the downward pull exerted by the garment supported will be in a straight line from its point of attachment to the hanger and to prevent said tapes or elastics from pulling,

through the hanger and from being separated unduly.

To the accomplishment of these various objects and others subordinate thereto, as will hereinafter more fully appear, the invention comprehends the formation of a hanger stamped from sheet metal, by preference, and provided with a guide-slot and hook disposed, respectively, to receive the corset stud and clasp, and with prongs or pins retained in an unobtrusive position upon the hanger-plate when the latter is intended for engagement with a corset-clasp. A

The invention also consists in certain other details of construction and arrangement, all as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and embraced within the scope of the subjoined claims.

In said drawings, Figure l is an elevation illustrating my supporter suspended from a corset-clasp. Fig. 2 is a similar view showin g the supporter attached to a waist by means of the prongs or pins. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the hanger engaging a button. Figs. 4 and 5 are front and rear elevations of the hanger detached. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the hanger suspended from a corset-clasp.

Referring to the numerals employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the views, 1 and 2 indicate a pair of suspension tapes or elastics, connected, as by the usual slides 3, to the tabs 4, provided with attaching-clasps 5, by means of which the supporter is attached to the hose. The tapes 1 and 2 are formed from a single piece-of webbing or other material passed over and supported by the bridge-piece 6 of the attaching device or hanger-plate '7, which constitutes a common support for the tapes. The tapes 1 and 2 are disposed in divergent relation, as shown, and are retained against abnormal spreading by a transverse connecting-piece 8, sewed or otherwise secured at its opposite ends to the tapes 1 and 2 a short distance below the hangen plate, and said tapes are prevented from being pulled through the hanger by a line of stitching 9, connecting the tapes immediately below the bridge-piece 6. This particular arrangement of the tapes and connecting-piece not only insures the retention of the supportcr in its normal position, but forms a support disposed below the hanger and resting against the lower edge of the corset. It has no tendency to swing or to be otherwise dislocated by the movements of the wearer, for the reason that the tapes are disposed in a manner to bring the downward pull or strain imposed thereon by the stockings in direct lines from the point of suspension.

The attaching device or hanger-plate 7 is preferably stamped from sheet metal and has the general form of an elongated loop somewhat widened at one end and constricted at an intermediate point to form a substantially though not quite parallel-sided guide-slot 10, preferably located above the center of the plate. The lower transverse bar of the loop is formed by the alined inturned ends 11 and 12 thereof. These ends are received within the bridge-piece (3, which is of tubular form and is provided at its middle with a slot 13 for the reception of the laterally-bent extremities 14 of the ends 11 and 12. The extremities 14 constitute stop-lugs which are normally in contact at the center of the slot 13, but are capable of lateral separation within limits defined by the length of the slot when the opposite sides of the hanger-plate are sprung apart-as, for instance, when the latter is drawn down behind a button in a manner to be described.

The suspension of the hanger from the clasp of the corset is efiected by means of an integral downwardly opening suspendinghook 15, extending from the upper edge of the plate at the center thereof and bent down behind it for engagement with the upper edge of the corset-clasp 16, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. I have already stated that it is desirable to prevent the swinging of the hanger and to retain the corset-clasp against accidental release, while permitting the hanger to be readily detached when desired without unclasping the corset. The guide-slot 10 effectually subserves this purpose, inasmuch as it receives the corset-stud 17 when the hanger is drawn down to eifeet the engagement of the hook 15 to the clasp. The stud does not constitute a support for the hanger, but merely guides the latter to facilitate the engagement of the clasp and resists the swinging of the hanger-plate in an obvious manner. The stud 17 performs a further ofiice, inasmuch as the diameter of its head 18 is greater than the width of the guide-slot 10, which head cannot therefore be drawn through the slot as long as the hook 15 is engaged with the clasp, and the release of the clasp will consequently be impossible so long as the hanger-plate of the garment-supporter is attached thereto. Obviously, however, the hanger may be removed by raising it a short distance without any necessity whatever for unclasping the corset.

The equipment of the plate 7 for attachment to childrens waists or other undergarments is facilitated by the employment of a pair of prongs or pins 19, having a transverse connecting-bar 20 disposed across the front of the plate adjacent to its upper end and bent through apertures 21 therein to dispose the pins or prongs 19 at the rear side of the plate, where their lower pointed ends are retained when not in use by keepers 22, formed integral with the plate and bent behind it from the opposite sides thereof. The connecting-bar 20 by reason of its location upon the side of the plate opposite the pins is necessarily laterally offset from said pins to form stop-shoulders 23, which limit the rearward swinging of the pins to retain them in convenient position to be forced into the garment. This U shaped pin-frame comprising the pins and transverse bar 20 is constructed of spring metal, and the apertures 21 are located below the narrow upper end bar 24 of the plate 7, so that this pin-frame when the pins are socured in the keepers 22 will constitute a reactive device resisting the lateral separation of the sides of the plate-that is to say, the spring-frame by reason of its location, as described, constitutes an auxiliary spring device augmenting the spring action of the narrow end bar 24,which obviously resists spreading of the hanger-plate as the latter is drawn down over the shank of a button.

When the suspension of the supporter from a corset is desired, the pins 19 are retained close against the rear side of the hangerplate by their engagement withthe keepers 22 and the plate is presented to the corset in a manner to permit the corset-stud 17 to pass into the wide lower end of the loop or plate. The latter is then drawn down, and the stud passing into the slot 10 guides the hook 15 into engagement with the upper edge of the corset-clasp and subsequently resists the lateral swinging of the hanger. As shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the attachment of the device in this manner will present the support formed by the double upper portion of the webbing and by the transverse staypiece 8 over the edge of the corset and will dispose the suspension-tapes l and 2 in direct lines from the point of suspension, so that as the wearer walks there is absolutely no tendency of the hanger to vibrate laterally in an objectionable manner.

If now it is desired to attach thehanger to a waist or other garment instead of to the clasp of the corset, it is simply necessary to release the pins or prongs 19 of the keeper and pass them through the fabric, as illustrated in Fig. 2, or the hanger may be retained behind a button, as illustrated in Fig. 3, with or without the use of the pins as additional security.

From the foregoing it will appear that I have produced a novel hose-supporter comill prising a plurality of suspension tapes or elastics and a common hanger equipped with means for eiiecting its attachment in a variety of locations to permit its use by Women and children, irrespective of the character of the garments worn; but while the illustrated embodiment of the invention appears at this time to be preferable I desire to be distinctly understood as reserving the right to effect such structural variations thereof as may be suggested by experience and experiment so long as they are properly embraced within the scope of the protection prayed.

What I claim is 1. A hose-supporter consisting of stockingengaging members, and a single hanger common to said members, and provided with a suspending device disposed for engagement with the clasp of a corset, and also provided with a guide-opening for the reception of a corset-stud,whereby the hanger will be guided by the stud to facilitate the engagement of the suspending device with the clasp.

2. A hose-supporter consisting of hose-engaging members, and a single hanger common to said members, and' provided with a suspending device disposed for engagement with the clasp of a corset, and also provided with a guide-slot located directly below the suspending device to receive and be guided by the corset-stud engaged by the clasp, to facilitate the engagement of the suspending device with the clasp.

3. A hose-supporter consisting of hose-engaging members, and a single hanger common to said members, said hanger being provided at its upper end with a downwardlyopening hook disposed behind the hanger, and with a longitudinal guide-slot directly below the hook, said guide-slot being disposed for the reception of the headed stud of the corset to guide the hanger in a manner to insure the engagement of the hook with the corset-clasp at a point directly above the stud, the width of the guide-slot being less than the diameter of the stud-head for the purpose of preventing the unclasping of the corset while the hanger is suspended from the clasp.

4. A hose-supporter consisting of hose-engaging members, and a single hanger having laterally-yielding sides defining an intermediate substantially parallel-sided guide-slot for the reception of a corset-stud, and a hook located wholly above the lower end of said guide-slot and disposed for engagement with the upper edge of the corsetclasp, whereby said hanger is readily detachable from a corset without unclasping the latter but serves while in place to prevent the accidental disengagement of the clasp from the stud.

5. A garment-supporter consisting of stocking-engaging members, and a single hanger.

constructed in the general form of a loop constricted at a point intermediate of its ends to form a guide-slot and divided at one end, a bridge-piece inclosing the divided ends of the hanger and constituting means for limiting the separative movement of the sides thereof, and a suspending device located at the upper end of the hanger for engagement with the clasp of a corset, said suspending device being located wholly above the lower end of the constricted portion of the loop.

6. A garment-supporter consisting of hoseengaging members, and a single hanger having the form of a loop divided at its lower end and constricted at an intermediate point to define a guide-slot, and a spring connecting the sides of the hanger to resist the separative movement thereof,said spring being separate from and auxiliary to the hanger.

'7. A hose-supporter consisting of stockingengaging members, and a single hanger, said hanger having the form of a loop with laterally-yielding sides and constricted at a point intermediate of its ends to define a guide-slot, and a U-shaped spring comprising a pair of pins and a transverse connecting-bar, said bar having engagement with the sides of the hanger in a plane intermediate of the loop defined by the opening of the hanger, whereby said spring resists the separative move ment of the sides of the hanger and also con= stitutes a retaining device for the latter.

8. A hose-supporter consisting of hose-engaging members, and a single hanger, said hanger being in the form of a loop constricted at a point intermediate of its ends to define a guide-slot, and a downwardlyopening hook extending from the upper end of the hanger to engage the upper edge of a corset-clasp, said hook terminating at the upper end of the guide-slot to permit the corset-stud to be received in the latter when the hook is in engagement with the clasp.

9. A hose-supporter consisting of the hoseengaging members, and a single hanger constructed to form a loop divided at its lower end and constricted intermediate of its ends to form a guide-slot, a bridge piece inclosing the divided end of the hanger, and a hook extending from the opposite end of the hanger for engagement with the upper edge of a cor= set-clasp, said hook terminating at the upper end of the guide-slot to permit the corset-stud to be received in the latter when the hook is in engagement with the clasp.

10. Ahose-supporter consisting of the hoseengaging members, and a single hanger hav ing the form of a loop divided at its lower end and having a hook at its upper end for engagement with the upper edge of a corset-. clasp, said loop being constricted at a point intermediate of its ends to define a guide-slot,

a bridge-piece inclosing the divided ends of the loop, a u shaped spring passed through the sides of the hanger and resisting the separative movement thereof, and keepers disposed upon the hanger for the reception of the sharpened ends of the spring.

11. The combination with a corset provided with a stud and a clasp, of a hose-supporter consisting of stocking-engagingmembers,and a single hanger common to said members,

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said hanger being suspended directly from my own I have hereto aifixed my signature in the clasp and having an opening through the presence of two witnesses. which the outer end of the stud extends, the 1 walls of said opening being related to the stud i BENJAMIN OREWILER in a manner to cause the stud to prevent lat- Witnesses: ei'al vibration or swinging of the hanger. L. A. OREWILER,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as G. H. REINBERGER. 

